TX Geography Test Helper

Coordinate system that allows you to know the position or location of any place on the Earth's surface.

• Latitude & Longitude

• The Tropics Lines

• A compass rose

What internationally accepted, imaginary line runs through Greenwich, England and is accepted as 0 degrees longitude?

• Equator

• Prime Meridian

This 0 degree line of latitude is an imaginary circle around Earth. It divides Earth into two equal parts: the Northern Hemisphere and the Southern Hemisphere.

• Prime Meridian

• Equator

These lines describe positions north and south of the Equator.

and are measured in degrees, The Equator is 0°. The North Pole is 90° north (N), and the South Pole is 90° south (S).

• circumference

• Longitude

• Latitude

These lines, measured in degrees run between the North Pole and the South Pole, and measure East and West of the Prime Meridian.

• Longitude

• Latitude

• Circumference

These lines are also called meridians.

• Longitude

• Latitude

Lines of longitude run north and south but measure in what direction?

• East & West

• North & South

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Lines of latitude measure north and south but run in what direction?

• East & West

• North & South

How many states border Texas?

• 3

• 4

• 5

The country to the south and west of Texas is...?

• Canada

• Mexico

• England